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Good news for Hartford Stage board members and friends of the theater here who invested in the Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s “The Best Man,” staged by former artistic director Michael Wilson. Producers of the revival of the 1960 political play that stars James Earl Jones -- who was nominated for a Tony Award as best actor, John Larroquette and Jefferson Mays and now also features Cybil Shepherd, John Stamos, Mark Blum, Kristin Davis and Elizabeth Ashley) announced the show has recouped its $3.25 million capitalization. The Tony Award-nominated production about dirty dealings at a presidential convention has been extended twice and will end its run Sept. 9 at the Gerald...

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Good news for Hartford Stage board members and friends of the theater here who invested in the Broadway revival of Gore Vidal’s “The Best Man,” staged by former artistic director Michael Wilson.Producers of the revival of the 1960 political play that...

"What do you think about 'Better Call Saul'?"
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The first we see of the man we loved as Saul Goodman, he is behind the counter in a shopping mall Cinnabon in Omaha, Nebraska. We don't know why. And we don't know when, other than, presumably, it's several years before he came to be the irrepressible...

Let's get the elephant in the room out of the way right off the bat: Walter White and Jesse Pinkman will not show up in "Better Call Saul," the upcoming spinoff of the award-winning "Breaking Bad."
At least not in Season 1, which...

"EGYPT! EGYPT! Always Egypt. But my Caesar is gone, my lover is dead!"
That was the delicious Claudette Colbert in Cecil B. DeMille's 1934 opulent, witty "Cleopatra." (Claudette/Cleo was reacting to the death of Julius Caesar. Her...

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When it came out in 1984, "This Is Spinal Tap" convinced many people they were watching a genuine documentary about a clueless heavy metal band. "We showed it in Dallas," recalls Christopher Guest, who played fictional axe man Nigel...

Monsters University
Disney/Buena Vista, $29.99; Blu-ray, $39.99/$45.99/$49.99
Available on VOD beginning Tuesday
"Monsters, Inc." always has been one of the most underrated of Pixar's animated features, not getting enough credit for its zippy...

The Ovation Awards, L.A.'s biggest theater honors, were handed out Sunday at a ceremony at the San Gabriel Mission Playhouse.
Center Theatre Group was the top winner of the evening with a total of 12 awards. The La Mirada Theatre for the Performing...

One of my favorite aspects of our “gotta have it now!” society is how quickly TV shows come to DVD. Instead of waiting for some of your favorite episodes to make the rerun rounds or worse, try to catch it in the DVD cycle.This fall, I'll be watching the...